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An organism that is nourished by invading or attaching itself to and feeding on another organism.
What is a parasite?
100
A hormone, produced by the pancreas, that controls the metabolism of glucose.
What is insulin?
100
The mass-dependent force by which any two objects in the universe attract each other.
What is gravity?
100
A hormone of the adrenal gland, secreted in times of emergency.
What is adrenalin?
100
The accumulation of unsightly, unhealthy, and other undesirable materials in the environment.
What is pollution?
200
The liquid part of the blood.
What is plasma?
200
An atom or group of atoms that has acquired either a positive charge by losing on or more electrons or a negative charge by gaining electrons.
What is an ion?
200
The excess force (above the electrostatic force) exerted on each other by charges in motion.
What is magnetism?
200
A blood protein that protects the body from foreign chemicals or microorganisms.
What is an antibody?
200
An instrument for studying earthquakes by analyzing the waves they produce in the earth's crust.
What is a seismograph?
300
The condensation of atmospheric water into rain, snow, sleet, etc.
What is precipitation.
300
Rock formed by the hardening of liquid rock emerging from deep withing the earth, either to the surface or within the crust.
What is igneous rock?
300
Energy that passes from one system to another because of a difference in temperature.
What is heat?
300
An organ that controls body functions by carrying electro-chemical impulses.
What is a nerve?
300
The complex carbohydrate that is the main form of energy storage in plants.
What is starch?
400
A method of expressing the acidity of a solution, based on the concentration of hydrogen ions.
What is pH?
400
Electromagnetic waves of wavelength longer than those of visible light, but shorter than microwaves.
What is infrared rays?
400
A device made of a ferromagnetic material, such as steel, which can exert fores on other such materials.
What is a magnet?
400
The disposal of metabolic wastes from the body, as by urination.
What is excretion?
400
The amount of water vapor in the air.
What is humidity?
500
The massive particles, having a single unit of positive charge, that compose the charged part of a nucleus
What is a proton?
500
A substance that blocks the passage of heat or electric current.
What is an insulator?
500
The movement of rock, sand, etc due to natural forces
What is erosion?
500
The particle that carries hereditary information from one generation to another and controls the production of proteins in a living cell.
What is a gene?
500
The number of cycles completed in a unit time in any cyclic phenomenon, such as a vibration.
What is frequency?